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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2019
Applicant:

Reynolds Presto Products Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);

Inventors:

Craig Soller, Farmington, NY (US);

Carlos Chapek, Victor, NY (US);

Zachary Thompson, Canandaigua, NY (US);

Aaron Wells, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);

Gregory Heckman, Menasha, WI (US);

Assignee:

Reynolds Presto Products Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/60 (2006.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); B65D 33/25 (2006.01); B32B 38/18 (2006.01); B31B 70/10 (2017.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/609 (2013.01); B29C 65/7873 (2013.01); B31B 70/10 (2017.08); B32B 38/1833 (2013.01); B65D 33/2508 (2013.01); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7128 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for securing a zipper closure to polymeric film using minimal tension on the zipper closure includes providing first and second tension control loops, an eyemark detector, and a hole punch programmed to punch a hole in the zipper closure upon detection of the eyemark. The zipper closure and the film are supplied to a sealing station at the same speed, and the hole zipper closure is aligned with the eyemark on the film, to result in sealing the strip of zipper closure to the film resulting in minimal wrinkles to the resulting bag.


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